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When it comes to a call for accountability on #Bears offense, Jay Cutler agrees with Brandon Marshall.
Cutler, on the Waddle & Silvy Show today to discuss the team’s latest loss, was asked about Marshall’s postgame remarks.

“I'm not surprised by that at all. That's what makes him so great,” Cutler said. “You need 11 guys like that. ... That's why I love playing with him.

"I agree with 'B.' Everyone needs to be held accountable.

“Two games left to go. Obviously, we lost a tough one. Everyone is disappointed. My first year here was frustrating, really frustrating. This (year) is right up there with it."

We will see what Lovie Smith has to say about Marshall’s remarks when his delayed press conference begins soon.

Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs
Team announced Lovie presser was delayed to 12:15 and 12:30 and we still have not started. No, I don't think any big reason for the delay.

Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs
I do know Tom Coughlin would not keep this kind of schedule.

Zach Zaidman ‏@ZachZaidman
Lovie Smith on Brandon Marshall's comments: "I would like to think that all throughout the season we've stressed being accountable."

Lovie Smith says the tournament has begun for #Bears and now they have a “must game" after loss to #Packers
“Realize what the score is, we lost to them (the Green Bay Packers) again, but for us, yesterday’s game was a must game for the NFC North championship,” Smith said Monday afternoon at Halas Hall. “But besides that it wasn’t a must game as far as what can happen with our season. This week we’re to that must game, I mean the tournament has begun for us, so it’s about Arizona as soon as the players get a chance to watch the video we have to find a way to get to 10-6 and see what happens.”

So, they have a must-win game against a Cardinals team that just snapped an eight-game losing streak and would love nothing better than to have the Bears share their misery this season.

It was one of those moments that could be brought up in the future if Lovie Smith is not retained as head coach of the Chicago Bears.

It was Smith who said at his introductory press conference after his hiring that his first stated goal was beating the Green Bay Packers. That was followed by and went along with winning the division and then the Super Bowl.

But with the 2012 season on the brink, playing the same Packers that the organization at all levels craves beating, Smith downplayed a game that could have pulled the Bears even with the Packers at 9-5.

“For us, yesterday’s game was a ‘must’ game for the NFC North championship,” Smith said. “But besides that, it wasn’t a ‘must’ game as far as what can happen with our season. This week we’re to that must game. The tournament has begun for us.”

The tournament may in fact have begun and ended on Sunday. Instead, Green Bay left Soldier Field at 10-4 and with the division title. The Bears fell back to 8-6 and into a morass of playoff hopefuls.

Smith refuses to look back, although the reality is that his bosses will be.

“So it’s about Arizona and for the players to get a chance to watch the video,” Smith said. “We’ve got to find a way to get to 10-6 and see what happens.”

Panthers and Texans were as well. And as far as Lovie goes, he did say it was a must win game last week. This is just his way of firing up the troops. Acknowledging that the Packers game was a must-win means there is not shot at the playoffs.